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Gardening
Blueberries!
George finished planting the blueberries! We have sixteen plants of four different varieties for cross-pollination. He mixed compost and mulch with our clay soil and added something to lower the pH level of the soil. Blueberries love acidic soil. The plan is to finish surrounding them with landscape fabric and Read more
Gardening
September & October
September was a tough month for us for a few reasons. Early in the month, both George and I caught COVID-19. We were up on our shots, so it only lasted a week, but right afterward, we got pinkeye, YUCK! A few weeks later, Hurricane Helene destroyed all the areas Read more
Gardening
New Garden
We attended a bee conference in Charleston, SC, last month. While there, we stayed at James Island County Park in the camper, and it was lovely. It was so hot, but most of our time was spent at the convention anyway; we did enjoy a very nice meal at Florence’s Read more
DIY Projects
3D Fencing
Until recently, I’d never heard of 3D fencing. 3D fencing is made of two fences instead of one. The inside is a taller fence with two lines, and the outside is a shorter single-line fence. Both contain hot wire. Parts List Parts for Gate Images from Unsplash.com
Bees
We have HoneyBees!!
On George’s birthday in January, I purchased a beehive kit from Amazon for him. He’d been talking about it forever. Since then, he has joined a bee club and has taken classes on how to be a beekeeper. We purchased two NUCs (Nucleus Colony Units) that arrived a few days ago. They Read more
Gardening
Apple Blossoms
Hello everyone, Cyndi here. I preordered a book last year, The Women by Kristin Hannah, and read it when it came out in February this year. This was not the first of her books I’d read but I learned so much more this time. This particular book was about a Read more
Farm
Woodpeckers
I wanted to share what George saw the other morning. The images are a little grainy, but these woodpeckers were on our water oak, and I had to show them off. If they were a little higher, my tree face would have ears! We have a family of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers Read more
Chickens
Why aren’t my chickens laying eggs this winter?
Sometimes we wonder why egg production is low in the wintertime. Often chalking it up to just being cold which is a fair assumption. But what if it’s not? We did a little research and learned there are a few reasons this could be happening and some of them can Read more